[NU Sports] Northwestern alumnus in World War II

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

Carl:

Thanks for picking up my error.  I began reading Naval Proceedings and Naval History when I started doing Investor relations consulting work for Grumman several years ago.  I figured that that was the quickest way to pick up on the Navy's "alphabet soup".  I stuck with these publications long after that because I always find something interesting in them.

John DeGroat
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Rossi 
To: johnadeg at comcast.net
Cc: nwu-sports 
Sent: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:24:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Northwestern alumnus in World War II

John-great pick-up. As a former naval officer and devoted reader of Naval History, I enjoyed the article.
Slight clarification-Hagan was not the commanding officer of the destroyer Johnston at Samar-he was the gunnery officer. During that battle she was commanded by LCDR Ernest Evans, who won the Medal Of Honor (posthumous) for his actions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_E._Evans
For anybody who would like further information I highly recommend Jason Hornsfischer's book "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors", which came out a few years ago. Excellent description of an heroic, tragic morning.

Carl

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 5:00 PM,   wrote:





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In the October, 2009 edition of Naval History

published by the Naval Instute (www,usni.org) there is a great article about a

Northwestern alumnus, Robert Hagan, who commanded a destroyer at the battle of

Samar and helped to block Japanese battleships from attacking US forces at the Leyte

landings.



John DeGroat























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In the October, 2009 edition of Naval History

published by the Naval Instute (www,usni.org) there is a great article about a

Northwestern alumnus, Robert Hagan, who commanded a destroyer at the battle of

Samar and blocked Japanese battleships from attacking US forces at the Leyte

landings.

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